Bob Kunzinger is the author of five books, including Blessed Twilight: The Story of Vincent van Gogh; Out of Nowhere: Scenes from St Petersburg; Prof; Penance; and Meanwhile in Leningrad. His essays have appeared in many regional and national publications, including The Chronicle of Higher Education. His essay
"Sliced Bread" is listed as one of the most notable essays of 2007 in Best American Essays 2008

Bob is a professor of arts and humanities at Saint Leo University and Tidewater Community College in Virginia. Meanwhile in Leningrad is a collection of stories from his fifteen years of travels and conversations in St Petersburg, Russia, as well as the memories of the veterans of the Siege of Leningrad during World War Two.